Celebrity Golfer   Jim Maxwell

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  • Jim Maxwell is the most experienced cricket commentator on Australian Radio having covered over 230 Test matches since joining the ABC in 1973. Jim has also covered many other sports including rugby league, rugby union, hockey at three Olympic Games, golf, showjumping and tennis. He has been the editor of the ABC Cricket Magazine, Australia's longest running cricket publication since 1988.
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  • Name:
    Jim Maxwell
  1. Profession:
    Cricket & Sports Commentator
  • Home Town:
    Sydney
  1. Home Golf Club:
    Royal Sydney Golf Club
  • Favorite City:
    Paris
  1. Favorite Food:
    Anything Barbequed
  • Favorite Drink:
    Red Wines
  1. Favorite Restaurant:
    Bistro Moncur Sydney & Le Bristol Paris
  • Handicap - Current:
    12
  1. Handicap - Goal:
    10
  • Handicap - Lowest:
    7
  1. Years Playing Golf:
    33
  • Best Score (18 Holes):
    73
  1. No. of Holes in One:
    0
  • No. of Rounds per year:
    100
  1. No. of Golf Trips per year:
    1
  1. How Did you start playing golf?
    By intimidation from Alec Mercer, the Royal Sydney pro in the 1970’s who lured me onto the practice range
  • What's your most "Infamous, Funniest or Best" moment in Golf?
    A Boomerang…Hitting off in the club foursomes championship I heeled my shot into the clock tower above the old Royal Sydney pro shop and the ball ricocheted back over my head onto the Clubhouse roof and rattled away into serious out of bounds. When I finished the round, having won with my partner four and three, I found an envelope pinned to my locker containing the original tee shot…a note from the secretary Bill Allen said, “I believe this is your ball which I found on the porch outside my office".
  1. What You Love about Golf:
    2. Playing anytime at Royal Sydney…an enduring challenge in the quest for perfection
  • What You Hate about Golf:
    • Slow play/thoughtless golfers
  • Favourite Golf Destinations
    #1     Gullane - Scotland
    #2     Melbourne's Sand Belt region
    #3     Drive to Elanora C Club
  1. Golf Weaknesses
    #1     Impatience
    #2     Putting
    #3     Royal Sydney's varied bunkers
  1. Favourite Golf Courses
    #1     Muirfield (Gullane)
    #2     Royal Sydney
    #3     Royal Melbourne (Composite)
  • Favourite Golfers
    #1     Seve Ballesteros
    #2     Sam Snead
    #3     Jack Newton
  • Golfing Strengths
    #1     Patience
    #2     Putting
    #3     Perseverance
  1. Dream Foursome (including you)
    #1     Jack Nicklaus
    #2     Bobby Jones
    #3     Laura Baugh
  • What's in my Bag:
    Driver Mizuno MP600 10.5 deg Stiff Irons Set Tommy Armour 845 Harrison shaft
    Fairway #1 Jaslar Easy Air 13 deg Irons #s 5 to Sand Wedge
    Fairway #2 Wedge #1 Lob - Titleist SM 60 deg
    Fairway #3 Wedge #2
    Hybrid #1 Titleist 909 - 19deg Wedge #3
    Hybrid #2 Tommy Armour - 22deg Putter Ping O Blade
    Hybrid #3 Tommy Armour - 24deg Ball Titleist ProV1x
    Favorite Club Putter